Most of the HTML that I know is just for making websites, but could you guys show me some stuff for like making games? I know the basics, like color changing <font color=blue> Blue</font> bolding <b> bold </b> italicize and all of the stuff that makes the words look better. Breaks <br> paragraph endings <>, And links <a href> http://google.com</a> and links with words <a href=http:/google> Google </a>. And stuff like this, but I still want to learn more. And I also wanted to learn programming and such.
Programming languages are vastly different to HTML in layout, syntax, and approach. You could try out Adobe Flash CS3 and either learn the ActionScript2 or ActionScript3 language if you want to learn how to make games you can submit here on AG. I would suggest learning AS3 as it is the newer version of actionscript and offers more consistency and efficiency.
I know very little about HTML but as far as I know, it simply takes each part and places an element on a page when the page loads up, while programming requires various functions to run at various times and store various information which can be changed and used during run time.
An short code using AS3 could be as follows:
player.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,eFrame) function eFrame(){ player.x += 1 }
In the above example, the first line means that, each time the 'layer' is found in the rendered frame, run the function called eFrame The second line defines the function called eFrame, everything between the next pair of curly brackets is run when the function eFrame is called The third line means that for the 'layer' the 'x' property(its horizontal position) is increased by 1(moves 1 pixel to the right)
The best thing to do if you want to learn a programming language is to look at some beginner tutorials on some of the most basic and most commonly used methods, and then look at some intermediate tutorials that guide you through the creation of simple games. Go through several games to further your programming vocabulary and get a feel for how different methods are utilised. When you are familiar with how they work, you can then start making your own simple games. Making games requires quite a bit of planning and analytical thinking and your first games will mostly contains errors and produce unwanted results.
I can't seem to find any CS3 downloads atm, only CS5. It's free for 30 days, but after that its in excess of £600 to upgrade to a full version :/ You can download the CS5 trial here: link
You could search around youtube 'download flash CS3' and just look around for links.
hey srsly flash 8 is much easier and better actionscript 2 is better get bittorrent and download flash 8 then make a circle and right click it and click Convert to Movieclip on the little window that comes up type any name for it and click movieclip below it and press ok now click once on the circle and press F9 on the little window that comes up type this
on (press){ startDrag(this) } on (release) { stopDrag() }
the on press thing is that when the mouse button is pressed on it it will respond to the mouses movements and go where the mouse button goes but since i added an on release part that means that when i let go of the mouse button the object will stop where it is just a sec
select the same guy and then write underneath all of that onClipEvent(enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)){ this._y -= 15; } if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){ this._x -= 15; } if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){ this._y += 15; } if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){ this._x += 15; } } ok i dont have time to Xplain it right nao so plz remind me on my profile and also check out my thread plz does JOO need HELP
I can't understand why you would still want to program in a language that has been obsolete for at least four years, and in a program just as old, with at least four never versions. AS3 has surpassed AS2 in every aspect; strength, possibilities, and ease of coding.
The only reason I could think of why you would still want to program in AS2 is a) you're not good at coding, and a strongly typed language is too much for you - yet you're not willing to learn, or b) because you have to adapt to someone else's flash file which loads your file (yes, this happened to me once).
Sorry if I come across a bit harsh, but seriously... AS3 is there for a reason. Use it.
Programming languages are vastly different to HTML. Any idiot can learn how to make a text bold. Programming requires much more, but if interests you, its actually fun to learn.
